The Fruit of August

We returned home from vacation to find an abundance of peaches and blackberries in our little orchard out back. Two weeks of picking, canning, and freezing were followed by another week of salsa and a week of grapes! We are thankful for the abundant harvest, though it is so nice to be done! Until apple season in another month, of course.

One delicious product of the blackberries: Jesse made a fresh blackberry pie! 

Three days' worth of peaches and salsa

Levi has started eating real food and he loves it! Peach season was a real treat for him! 

We got to visit (Great) Grandpa and Grandma Schulz a few weeks ago. Levi wore his "Grandpa is the Best" shirt to butter up Grandpa...it probably didn't take a special shirt to impress him, though. 

Seven months old and starting to crawl...yikes! At Levi's "six months and three weeks" check up, he weighed 15lb 9oz, which puts him in the tenth percentile for his age. Seems to be growing like a Schulz! 

We were excited to have overnight visitors when Laurie, Kyra and Garret came to visit this month. This past Sunday afternoon brought the exciting news that another boy joined their family! We are so excited to meet little Weston! 

School has already started again, and along with that came a new schedule for us with seven piano lessons fitting into the late afternoons again. Levi usually does pretty well, especially when he is getting lots of attention from the kids!

A beautiful day last week provided some nice outdoor time! 

Preparing to turn the calendar to September made me feel a little hesitant. Where has this year been going?? I quickly determined it has gone to my baby(ies). Survival mode in the newborn stage; watching Levi change, grow, and learn in the next stages; being sick and pregnant all summer (again!)...but that excitement can wait another week until my next post...

Though not always referenced in my writing, the title of this blog comes back to me often. We are so thankful for all of the precious times God gives us to enjoy one another and the Creation around us!

We Have This Moment 

Hold tight to the sound of the music of living, Happy songs from the laughter of children at play; Hold my hand as we run through the sweet fragrant meadows, Making mem'ries of what was today.

Tiny voice that I hear is my little girl calling, For Daddy to hear just what she has to say; And my little son running there by the hillside, May never be quite like today. 

Tender words, gentle touch and a good cup of coffee, And someone who loves me and wants me to stay; Hold them near while they're here and don't wait for tomorrow, To look back and wish for today.

Take the blue of the sky and the green of the forest, And the gold and the brown of the freshly mown hay; Add the pale shades of spring and the circus of autumn, And weave you a lovely today.

We have this moment to hold in our hands and to touch as it slips through our fingers like sand; Yesterday's gone and tomorrow may never come, But we have this moment today.

(Words and song by Bill & Gloria Gaither)